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Puritan Quotes - Page 2

Puritanism was a youthful, vigorous movement.

Puritanism was a youthful, vigorous movement.

Leland Ryken
Movement, Puritanism, Vigorous
Leland Ryken (2010). “Worldly Saints: The Puritans As They Really Were”, p.23, Harper Collins

The Puritans were obsessed with the dangers of wealth.

Leland Ryken
Wealth, Puritan, Obsessed
Leland Ryken (2010). “Worldly Saints: The Puritans As They Really Were”, p.22, Harper Collins

To live without that enchantment of beauty is to interpret frugality and simple living with a puritan literalism

John Lane
Simple, Enchantment, Puritan

I'm far too outspoken to be a woman in Puritan times.

Janet Montgomery
Puritan, Outspoken
"Janet Montgomery Talks SALEM, How Much Fun She Has with Her Role, Why the Witch Trials Are Still Fascinating, and More". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. June 15, 2014.

Very well then, better a sane crook than a mad puritan.

F. Scott Fitzgerald
Mad, Crooks, Puritan
F. Scott Fitzgerald (2013). “Three Novels: Tender is the Night; The Beautiful and Damned; Thi”, p.286, Simon and Schuster

Nothing evokes the prurient like puritanism.

Christopher Moore
Evoke, Puritanism
Christopher Moore (2009). “Practical Demonkeeping”, p.204, Zondervan

Why are there so many puritans in this country, and why can't the rest of us make them go away?!

Bill Maher
Country, Going Away, Puritan
Bill Maher (2005). “New Rules: Polite Musings from a Timid Observer”, p.181, Rodale

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